1993 World Women's Handball Championship

The 1993 World Women's Handball Championship was the 11th World Championship in women's handball took place in Norway from 24 November to 5 December 1993 and was played between 16 nations. In the final it would be Germany would take home their first title as a unified nation as they defeated Denmark in extra-time.

1993 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Norway
Dates24 November – 5 December 1993
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s) (in Oslo, Trondheim, Stavanger, Bodø, Sandefjord, Stange host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany (1st title)
Runner-up Denmark
Third place Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches54
Goals scored2364 (43.78 per match)
Top scorer(s) Jeong-Ho Hong (KOR) 58
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Qualification
Host nation
Qualified from the 1990 World Championship
Qualified from the 1992 World Championship B
Qualified from the 1991 Pan American Women's Handball Championship
Qualified from the 1992 African Women's Handball Championship
Qualified from the 1993 Asian Women's Handball Championship

Squads
Main article: 1993 World Women's Handball Championship squads

Preliminary round
     Team advanced to the Knockout stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 3 3 0 0 61 47 +14 6
 Hungary 3 1 1 1 62 56 +6 3
 Poland 3 1 1 1 61 67 −6 3
 Spain 3 0 0 3 48 62 −14 0
Source:
24 November  Poland 20–19  Spain Oslo
(9–10)
24 November  Norway 18–15  Hungary Oslo
(6–9)
26 November  Hungary 25–25  Poland
(13–12)
26 November  Spain 16–20  Norway
(6–12)
27 November  Norway 23–16  Poland
(12–8)
27 November  Hungary 22–13  Spain
(9–9)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 78 69 +9 6
 Russia 3 2 0 1 75 68 +7 4
 South Korea 3 1 0 2 76 81 −5 2
 Lithuania 3 0 0 3 66 77 −11 0
Source:
24 November  Denmark 25–23  Lithuania
(13–12)
24 November  Russia 28–25  South Korea
(14–12)
26 November  Lithuania 19–26  Russia
(11–13)
26 November  South Korea 25–29  Denmark
(13–15)
27 November  South Korea 26–24  Lithuania
(17–11)
27 November  Russia 21–24  Denmark
(10–12)

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 61 53 +8 4
 Romania 3 2 0 1 67 57 +10 4
 Germany 3 2 0 1 68 47 +21 4
 Angola 3 0 0 3 43 82 −39 0
Source:
24 November  Romania 26–16  Angola
(10–6)
24 November  Germany 17–15  Sweden
(7–8)
26 November  Sweden 20–17  Romania
(11–12)
26 November  Angola 8–30  Germany
(3–17)
27 November  Germany 21–24  Romania
(9–11)
27 November  Sweden 26–19  Angola
(14–8)

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Czechoslovakia[lower-alpha 1] 3 3 0 0 65 53 +12 6
 Austria 3 2 0 1 63 48 +15 4
 United States 3 1 0 2 58 76 −18 2
 China 3 0 0 3 67 76 −9 0
Source:
Notes:
  1. Even though Czechoslovakia had split into the Czech republic and Slovakia, the countries still competed with a unified team.
24 November  China 26–27  United States Bergen
(17–13)
24 November  Austria 13–16  Czechoslovakia Bergen
(6–7)
26 November  United States 11–27  Austria Bergen
(3–13)
26 November  Czechoslovakia 26–20  China Bergen
(13–10)
27 November  Austria 23–21  China Bergen
(14–11)
27 November  Czechoslovakia 23–20  United States Bergen
(10–9)

Main Round
     Team advanced to the final
     Team advanced to the bronze match

Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 5 4 0 1 143 122 +21 8
 Norway 5 4 0 1 104 91 +13 8
 Russia 5 2 1 2 113 109 +4 5
 Hungary 5 2 0 3 120 135 −15 4
 Poland 5 1 1 3 117 136 −19 3
 South Korea 5 1 0 4 136 140 −4 2
Source:
30 November  Norway 21–18  South Korea
(8–11)
30 November  Hungary 24–24  Russia
(12–13)
30 November  Poland 25–30  Denmark
(13–17)
1 December  Russia 19–14  Norway
(9–8)
1 December  South Korea 37–29  Poland
(18–14)
1 December  Denmark 37–23  Hungary
(21–11)
3 December  Norway 28–23  Denmark
(13–9)
3 December  Poland 22–21  Russia
(9–8)
3 December  Hungary 33–31  South Korea
(13–15)

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 5 4 0 1 109 82 +27 8
 Romania 5 3 0 2 111 93 +18 6
 Sweden 5 3 0 2 95 80 +15 6
 Austria 5 3 0 2 83 78 +5 6
 Czechoslovakia 5 2 0 3 99 99 0 4
 United States 5 0 0 5 69 134 −65 0
Source:
28 November  Romania 15–16  Austria
(9–9)
28 November  Sweden 30–11  United States
(17–3)
28 November  Germany 22–21  Czechoslovakia
(13–10)
30 November  United States 12–24  Germany
(5–13)
30 November  Czechoslovakia 21–25  Romania
(11–10)
30 November  Austria 17–11  Sweden
(9–4)
1 December  Germany 25–10  Austria
(9–4)
1 December  Romania 30–15  United States
(17–5)
1 December  Sweden 19–18  Czechoslovakia
(10–8)

Classification round

Losers of preliminary round plays for places 13–16.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Lithuania 3 3 0 0 88 59 +29 6
 China 3 2 0 1 92 84 +8 4
 Spain 3 1 0 2 64 79 −15 2
 Angola 3 0 0 3 60 82 −22 0
Source:
30 November  Spain 21–15  Angola
(8–8)
30 November  Lithuania 34–21  China
(18–9)
1 December  Angola 19–26  Lithuania
(9–12)
1 December  China 36–24  Spain
(17–11)
3 December  Spain 19–28  Lithuania
(7–14)
3 December  Angola 26–35  China
(15–17)

Finals

11th place match
5 December  United States 21–29  South Korea Oslo
(9–16)

9th place match
5 December  Poland 17–22  Czechoslovakia Oslo
(10–10)

7th place match
5 December  Austria 9–16  Hungary Oslo
(3–7)

5th place match
5 December  Russia 25–19  Sweden Oslo
(13–12)

Bronze final
5 December  Romania 19–20  Norway Oslo
(9–11)

Final
5 December  Denmark 21–22 (ET)  Germany Oslo
(8–8)

FT: 17–17 ET: 4–5

Final standings

References
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